An Exploratory Study of Organizational Politics and Conflicts, and their Effects on Conflict Management and Performance of Government Organizations (공공조직 내 정치와 갈등(organizational politics and conflicts)에 관한 탐색적 연구: 갈등관리의 효과성과 조직성과에 미치는 영향을 중심으로)

Cheong, Jong One (정종원)

An Exploratory Study of Organizational Politics and Conflicts, and their Effects on Conflict Management and Performance of Government Organizations

Korean Society and Public Administration
Abbr : KSPA
2012, 22(4), pp.265-299
Publisher : Seoul Association For Public Administration
Research Area : Social Science > Public Administration

Cheong, Jong One ¹

¹가톨릭대학교

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ABSTRACT

While many studies have focused on the performance of public organizations, relatively few have probed organizational politics, conflicts, conflict management, and their effects on organizational performance. Therefore, this research statistically explores the relationships among politics, conflict, and the performance of government organizations. The empirical evidence indicates that organizational politics and conflicts have negative effects on conflict management effectiveness and on organizational performance. This study also finds that public organizations with higher conflict management effectiveness have higher organizational performance.

KEYWORDS

Organizational politics and conflicts, Conflict management, Organizational performance

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